Our Mission

AWR broadcasts the Advent hope in Christ through the most effective media to the people of the world in their own languages. Radio overcomes the barriers of government restrictions, cultural opposition, illiteracy, and geography.

Broadcast Media

We use shortwave radio, national radio networks, local FM stations, on demand, podcasts, and solar audio players with pre-loaded content.

AWR Guam

Our powerful flagship shortwave station on the island of Guam broadcasts programs thousands of miles across the Asia/Pacific region, in more than 30 languages.

Why Radio

People can listen privately to the voice of hope in places where evangelism is prohibited by law and sometimes punishable by death.

People can listen privately to the voice of hope in places where evangelism is prohibited by law and sometimes punishable by death. Also, they do not need to be literate to access the gospel message. In many of our target areas, radios are much more available and affordable than televisions or Christian printed materials.

Coverage

Non-Internet broadcasts can be heard by three quarters of the world’s population. The target audiences are non-Christian listeners in the highly-populated and less-evangelized areas of the world, such as Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.

Languages

Producers in local studios create programs in more than 100 “heart languages” – the mother tongues which touch listeners’ hearts most profoundly. More languages are added as producers and airtime funding become available.

Unique Programming

Our production partners come from the same language and cultural groups as their listeners. They create “contextualized” programs that are unique to each country or region and relevant to non-Christian listeners.

Our production partners come from the same language and cultural groups as their listeners. They create “contextualized” programs that are unique to each country or region and relevant to non-Christian listeners. The magazine-format programs address all aspects of people’s lives, from spiritual and physical health to family life, Adventist beliefs, and more. Our ultimate goal is to encourage listeners to grow into a personal relationship with Jesus.

Cost

Radio continues to be one of the most cost-effective forms of outreach. The average annual airtime for a daily half-hour broadcast is approximately US$20,000. Our annual airtime budget is currently more than US$3 million per year.

Results

Many studios operate Bible correspondence schools, through which they can communicate with listeners in their own languages. AWR receives well over 100,000 letters, phone calls, text and e-mail messages from listeners every year.

Many studios operate Bible correspondence schools, through which they can communicate with listeners in their own languages. AWR receives well over 100,000 letters, phone calls, text and e-mail messages from listeners every year. Many more listeners are prevented from contacting us due to security issues, illiteracy, poverty, and lack of mail service. Numerous “AWR churches” and listener clubs have been created, and thousands and thousands of people around the world have accepted Jesus as their Savior as a result of AWR’s programs.

Goal

Our goal is to reach every person with the saving message of God’s love, through programs aired in the 200+ “critically-important” languages spoken in the world – which can be made possible through your financial partnership.

Featured Project

Godpods for the Middle East 19G19

Help us bring Godpods with Arabic content full of hope to a large event in a difficult country to reach.